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On Wednesday, September 7, all of our IDEAL students returned to school for our last first day on the Upper West Side. Some moved to 89th Street, but all sat in different advisories, met different teachers, and made friends with their new classmates. Photos from the first day of the 2022-23 school year are on our Facebook page.
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